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ILLiad Help

Creating an ILLiad Account

First time users of ILLiad, need to create an account using the ILLiad User Registration Form. See ILLiad's First Time User Information for more information.

A few notes about creating an ILLiad account:

• Create your user name and password. It does not have to be your UCCS user name and password, but make it one you will remember.
• Providing your ID Number. Your ID Number is on the back of your UCCS Student or Faculty/Staff Identification Card.

Requesting Items with ILLiad

You have to login to your ILLiad account to place interlibrary loan requests. After you login, there are links for New Requests on the left side of the page. Place requests for journal, newspaper or magazine articles with the Article/Photocopy Form; all other materials use the Books/Other Loans Form.

Materials typically available and not available through Interlibrary Loan

Materials Available through Interlibrary Loan

• Any material found in libraries is potentially available.
• Books, government documents, theses, music and some videos may be borrowed, depending on the lending library's policies. Please note: videos [VHS, DVD] are difficult to acquire as most libraries will not lend.
• Some materials reproduced in microform, such as newspapers, may be borrowed, depending on the lending library's policies.
• Photocopies from non-circulating materials, such as journals or book chapters, can be requested in accordance with the copyright law.
• PLEASE NOTE: Before submitting requests, please search our Print and Electronic Journal Holdings for journals or the Kraemer Library Catalog and Prospector for books to verify that we do not own the item you wish to request. Requests for items which are part of the Kraemer Library's Collection or Prospector will not be processed.

Materials NOT normally available through Interlibrary Loan:

• Materials for class reserve or group use
• Course text books
• Periodical volumes
• Recent newspapers
• Bulky or fragile items
• Reference books
• Rare or valuable material such as manuscripts

Delivery Time

• Article/Photocopy Requests 3 days - 2 weeks
• Books/Other Loan Requests 2 weeks minimum

Depending on the location of the item, delivery times can vary.

Notification of Item's Arrival

You will receive an email notifying you of the arrival of the requested item. If the requested item is a physical object, like a book or CD, the item will be held at the Main Circulation Desk in the library. Article/Photocopy requests may be sent electronically as a PDF and can be accessed in your ILLiad Account under Electronically Received Articles.

Forgot your Password?

You can reset your ILLiad password. Requires your user name for this process.

If you forgot your user name, you need to contact the Interlibrary Loan Office at interlib@uccs.edu or 255-3285. The Interlibrary Loan Office is located on the 2^nd floor of El Pomar Center, Room 200, to the left of the Circulation Desk.

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